Momentum Conservation

The application for the 2026 Momentum Land Trust Grant Fund Program closes Friday, April 24th, at 11:59 PM! Apply before the deadline and contact Peyton Black, [email protected], with any questions. Learn more about the program, including how to apply by visiting our website.

Momentum Conservation is still recruiting community members who can bring their unique perspectives and personal connections to conservation to help inform our grantmaking for the 2026 Land Trust Grant Fund.

To apply, please complete the form on our website by Sunday, April 20, 2026. Selected applicants will be notified by Friday, April 24, 2026.

You can read the complete description of the Community Reviewer role by visiting our website.

Momentum Conservation is recruiting community members who can bring their unique perspectives and personal connections to conservation to help inform our grantmaking for the 2026 Land Trust Grant Fund.

To apply, please complete the form on our website by Sunday, April 20, 2026. Selected applicants will be notified by Friday, April 24, 2026.

You can read the complete description of the Community Reviewer role by visiting our website.

Momentum Conservation’s Land Trust Grant Fund is open for applications! Apply by Friday, April 24th, at 11:59 PM!

Open to all land trusts in Maine, the Momentum Land Trust Grant Fund provides unrestricted general operating support. This program aims to strengthen the organizational capacity and programmatic effectiveness of land trusts throughout the state and will prioritize grants to land trusts that work to center justice, share openly, and challenge colonial systems in conservation.

Questions about the program can be directed to Peyton Black, [email protected]. Learn more about the program, preview the questions, and access the application by visiting our website.

Next week, on Mar. 4th, come have lunch at Momentum!

On the 1st Wednesday of every month, we open our doors for Community Drop-In Lunches. This week, we will have a special guest: Momentum Conservation's unofficial mascot, Fiddle!

Find out how to RSVP and learn about other opportunities to convene with Momentum by visiting our website.

Spend your Lunch with Momentum this Wednesday!

Join us for Community Drop-In Lunches on the 1st Weds. of every month. Bring your lunch, bring your friends, and share space with the team!

You can learn more about this event by visiting our website.

Join the Momentum Team! Application for the 2026 Summer Associate Program is open!

Momentum’s Summer Associate Program provides entry-level experience for individuals interested in conservation and/or nonprofits. Past Summer Associates have supported our operations, external communications, relationship-building, fundraising, and programming in many different ways. We believe in working together to co-create positions that are tailored to the individual goals of each associate.

Momentum supports learning and skill-building for Summer Associates and seeks opportunities for them to advance their professional development. We see our Summer Associate program as a pathway to welcoming new and different voices to the conservation sector. As such, Momentum is open to hiring individuals with no prior conservation experience. For us, investing in the future of conserved lands always means investing in people.

Learn more by visiting our website.

Portland's Sustainability Series returns this 1/28 @ 5:30 pm at the Downtown Portland Public Library.

Join local science journalist Laura Poppick for a presentation about her debut book, Strata: Stories from Deep Time, which delves into four transformative moments of change in deep time that made our lives here possible today. Books for purchase will be available at the event, thanks to Back Cove Books. No prior registration needed.

Portland’s Sustainability Series is co-hosted by the Portland Public Library and Momentum Conservation. Sustainability is the endurance of systems and processes through time. Portland's Sustainability Series presents a diversity of speakers to share different aspects of the work moving Maine to greater endurance and sustainability. Learn more about this and other events on our website.

Join the Data Innovation Project for a virtual evaluation workshop series for land trusts and other conservation organizations.

Curious about how to determine how effective and efficient your programs, policies, and/or organizations are in reaching their goals? The series will include four separate workshops focused on program monitoring, evaluation, and quantitative/qualitative data collection. Organizations of all sizes will benefit from learning how to implement evaluation practices into their systems.

These workshops are co-hosted by Momentum Conservation and Maine Land Trust Network and are FREE for participants.
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Session Dates:
Thursday, February 5th, 10-12pm
Thursday, February 26th, 10-12:30pm (note: this session is longer)
Thursday, March 12th, 10-12pm
Thursday, March 26th, 10-12pm

Learn more by visiting our website.
https://www.momentumconservation.org/events/data-innovation-project-workshop-series

Unfortunately, due to the weather, we've decided to cancel today's Community Drop-in Lunch. Visit our website to learn when you can join us for lunch next month!